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March 13, 2012 - I suspect a lot of you already know that U.S. Federal District Judge Naomi Buchwald, of the Southern District of New York, tossed out the lawsuit that had been brought against Monsanto by organic farmers.  The suit was filed last March, and the dismissal took place late last month.  It would appear Monsanto got to Judge Buchwald before she rendered her dismissal, since the case was a substantive one. Let's review.  This was a patent infringement lawsuit, brought with the legal backing of the Public Patent Foundation, a nonprofit that works to reduce abuses of the U.S. patent system.  Organic farmers were represented by an organization called the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA), along with 82 other plaintiffs representing as many as 300,000 farmers.  Farmers sought a declaratory judgment against Monsanto, because Monsanto has sued hundreds of farmers over the years whose crops accidentally wound up being cross-pollinated wit...